Card system



E. C. PHILLIPS.

CARD SYSTEM.

APPLICATION rlLgn/mmx so. 1918.

1,3 0,574, Patented NW. 30, 1920.

UNITED STATES ERBINE CURTIS PHILLIPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR CF 0NE-HALF T0 FRANK H.

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JOHNSTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLIEIOIS.

CARD SYSTEM.

Application filed March 30, 1918.

To all to 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERBINE CURTIs PHIL- LIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in card systems and refers more particuiariy to a card system of the overlapping type, in which cards containing the desired data are detachably mounted on suitable carriers or holders, which are in turn detachably supported in a suitable frame.

The salient object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the cards are easily and directly secured to the carriers without the necessity of any intervening supporting or fastening clips or other devices, and can be readily removed from the carriers; to provide a construction in which the cards when in place are effectively secured against accidental displacement and at the same time so hinged or suspended from the carriers as to allow perfect freedom of movement to swing or raise any de sired card; to provide a construction in which a plurality of cards can be readily suspended from a single carrier, thus allowing of a maximum amount of information being assembled in a minimum space; to provide a construction which is economical to manufacture and at the same time durable and reliable in information, and in general to provide an improved construction of the character referred to.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of the specification Figure l is a fragmentary front elevation of the invention, parts being broken away to reduce the size of the drawing, and other parts shown in. dotted lines to bring out details of construction:

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view, partly in side elevation and partly in cross-section:

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the frame with the carriers and cards removed:

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of two of the carriers with cards attached:

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of one 0f the cards Specification of Letters Patent.

latented Nov. 30, 1320.

Serial No. 5,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates as a whole the, frame consisting of side members 2, which receive and are fixedly secured to the cross plate The side members 2 have beaded extensions 3, in one of which is mounted the pintle or hinge support 4. The members 2 are also provided with inwardly extending flange portions 4 and 5. which form channel members to receive the carriers. The bottom of the channel members are closed by the cross strip 6. The construction is such that the carriers or holders 7 can be supported on either side of the frame member 3.

Desc rib ing these carriers 7. each consists or a straight piece of wire 8 forming the main body portion having return bent inwardly extending ends 9, terminating in corkscrew like projections 10. The manner in which these projections 10 lie when the carriers are seated in the frames is shown clearly in Fig. 1. Each of these carriers 7 is adapted to receive one or more cards ii, the cards having suitable eyes or apertures 1 which are adapted to fit over the terminal portions 10 of the carriers. To prevent these eyes from pulling out, they are preferably provided with a reinforcing clip 13 which is inserted in the card just above the eye and consists of a shortpiece of wire with its ends inserted through the card and bent back upon itself. It is of course apparent that the apertures 12 may be reinforced with eyelets if desired. It will be noted in Fig. (i that the upper end of each card is provided with an inwardly inclined extension l-i which is bent back. See also Fig. 2. This construction prevents the cards from standing out away from the frame, as would be the case particularly if more than one card was mounted on a carrier. The portion 1% is formed by merely bending back the upper end of the cards and preferably creasing it along the line 15.

lVhen 1t 1 desired to, insert a card on its carrier, one side of the card is threaded on the corresponding twisted portion 10 of the carrier, through the corresponding aperture 1 and the card then flexed inwardly to permit of inserting the other side of the card on the opposite return portion of the carrier.

The cards can be readily removed from the carrier in a manner obvious "from the tore going description. The construction is such that the cards, while they can be readily inserted on the carriers or removed therefrom, nevertheless are securely fastened in place by the peculiar construction of the return bent portions 9. The carriers can be readily inserted in the frame by flexing them Sdfficiently to permit their being snapped into place in the channel portions of the frame. he can be removed from the frame in the same way.

The invention is not limited to the details of construction shown except as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a card system, the combination with a frame member of a plurality of carriers detachably mounted therein, each carrier having an inwardly extending return bent portion terminating in a corkscrew like extension, and cards provided near their upper ends with apertures adapted to be detachably threaded on the said terminal portions of the carriers.

2. In a card system, the combination with a frame member of a plurality of wire carriers detachably mounted therein, each carrier having return ends terminating in card confining extensions, and cards each having an inwardl inclined upper margin which is provided with apertured portions fitting over said extensions.

ERBINE CURTIS PHILLIPS. 

